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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Caleb Strong

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07451 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sullivan, Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 20 August 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Copy of a memorandum from Paul Dudley Sargent and Oliver Parker to Governor Strong of Massachusetts regarding the assaults on Knox's surveyors. Handwriting is most likely that of Henry Knox and copied for Knox's files.

Parker, Oliver, 1760-?
Sargent, Paul Dudley, 1745-1828

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